“Holy crap,” we thought when we first heard about the JOBS Act.
“Retail investors are going to get killed.”
For the first time in more than 80 years, this historic piece of legislation was about to let ordinary citizens invest in start-ups.
Have you ever noticed that people tend to…
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Imagine if he had offered you a cut of his future earnings for an upfront cash payment?
That would've been huge.
Well, a new crowdfunding platform is offering you just that:
They’re giving you access to the…
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For most things in life, more is better.
Vacation…
Happiness...
Square feet.
But for others, more can be worse.
One surprising example?
Money.
Hey, quit laughing! I’m serious…
In certain cases, it really is better to have less money.
One of those cases: start-ups.
As we learned last week from…
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It runs out of money!
And why would it run out of money?
Because nobody wants the product it’s selling!
For early-stage investors, this presents a bit of a conundrum:
If a product doesn’t exist yet, how do you figure out…
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I'm writing this from a sunny sand dune in Wrightsvillle Beach, North Carolina.
Every summer, I spend a long weekend here – with my folks, my sister, and my better half, Cynthia – to celebrate my dad's birthday.
The town might sound familiar to you. It’s named after two entrepreneurial…
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Equity Crowdfunding is on a roll.
Angels have already invested $393 million into deals on the biggest platforms.
And this is still the first inning: many predict this new form of venture capital will become a $300 billion industry.
To put that in perspective, traditional sources of early-stage financing, like…
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David Rose is one of the most active angel investors on the planet.
He’s been described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel.” Crain’s called him “the Father of Angel Investing in New York.”
He also runs an early-stage venture fund, founded the most active angel group in America, and started…
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